-land

See also: land, Land, länd, and lǟnd

English

Etymology

From land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lənd/, /lɪnd/ (if in geographical place names, usually related to places in Europe, such as New Zealand in Australasia which is related to Zeeland in the Netherlands)
• /lænd/, [lænd] (if in metaphorical use, or with geographical place names, usually outside Europe, such as Thailand and Swaziland)

Suffix

-land

1. Used to form the name of a territory, country, or region.

   Graceland /ɡɹeɪs.lənd/

   Disneyland /dɪz.ni.lænd/

   • 2005, Caroline Jasper, Powercolor: master color concepts for all media, →ISBN, page 132:

     In "Bobland," as Robert Burridge refers to his studio, the artist surrounds himself with vibrant color.

   • 2006, Michael Gray, The Bob Dylan encyclopedia, page 454:

     […] Jeff Bridges, the loathsome journalist (and in Bobland there is no other sort) is grinding out his weary cynical take […]

   • 2013, Elisabeth Rose, E For England, →ISBN:

     'As long as you treat the kids properly and help financially I don't care what you do.' [Kevin] exhaled loudly. 'Thanks, Annie. You're a wonderful woman and I do love you, you know that.' So in Kevinland that made everything right.

2. Used to form the name of a sphere of activity or interaction.

   computerland

   screenland

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -land

Related terms

• -landia

Translations

territory, country or region (suffix)

• Azerbaijani: -istan, -stan
• Bashkir: -стан (-stan)
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံ (my) (nuingngam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國／国 (zh) (-guó), 蘭／兰 (zh) (-lán)

• Czech: -ie f, -sko (cs) n
• Danish: -land
• Estonian: -maa
• Finnish: -maa (fi)
• French: terre (fr) f, pays (fr) m, -lande f, -ie (fr) f
• German: -land (de) n
• Hindi: -स्तान m (-stān) (connected with diacritic -i- after consonants), -देश (hi) m (-deś), प्रदेश (hi) m (pradeś)
• Irish: -lainn f, tír f
• Japanese: 国 (ja) (こく, -koku, ごく, -goku), ランド (ja) (-rando)
• Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
• Khmer: ប្រទេស (km) (bprədtēh)
• Korean: 국(國) (ko) (guk)
• Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
• Lao: ປະເທດ (pa thēt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -land

• Persian: ـستان (-estân)
• Portuguese: -lândia (pt) f
• Russian: -ла́ндия f (-lándija), -ля́ндия f (-ljándija), -лэнд m (-lɛnd), -ланд m (-land), -ленд m (-lend), -ия f (-ija), земля́ (ru) f (zemljá), страна́ (ru) f (straná), -ста́н (ru) m (-stán), -иста́н m (-istán)
• Spanish: -landia (es) f
• Swedish: -land
• Tajik: -истон (-iston), -стон (-ston)
• Tatar: -стан (-stan)
• Thai: ประเทศ (th) (bprà-têet)
• Turkish: -istan (tr), -stan
• Turkmen: -istan, -stan
• Ukrainian: -щи́на (-ščýna)
• Urdu: ـستان m (-(i)stān)
• Uzbek: -iston, -ston
• Vietnamese: nước (vi), Lan
• Welsh: gwlad (cy) f